Pests

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How to keep unwanted pests out of your house

The home can be a hot spot for asthma triggers; Here's how to reduce exposures

Asthma triggers at home

Philadelphia jumps to second place on Orkin's 2022 list of cities most infested with bed bugs

Children's Health

A COVID head-scratcher: Why lice lurk despite physical distancing

Philly's rat problem is among the worst in the U.S., pest control company says

Philly Rats Orkin

Pa. ramps up fight against spotted lanternflies as insects begin hatching across region

Spotted lanternfly Pennsylvania

Noisy Brood X cicadas may return to the Philly region this spring, after 17 years of hibernation

Spotted lanternfly sightings up 500% in Pennsylvania, 1000% in parts of New Jersey

spotted lanternfly increase 2020

Researchers publish first-ever spotted lanternfly genome, built from a Berks County insect

Spotted lanternfly dna genome

Scientists use fungi to kill spotted lanternflies and are 'cautiously optimistic' about success

spotted lanternfly fungi

Philadelphia ranks No. 1 on list of cities most infested by bed bugs

Philadelphia bed bugs

Spotted lanternfly sighting confirmed in Burlington County for the first time

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Berks County fungi could help ‘decimate’ spotted lanternflies in Pa., new research says

spotted lanternfly fungi

Pennsylvania may designate tree of heaven 'noxious' to fight spotted lanternfly

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Eight Delaware zip codes bordering Pa., N.J. quarantined for lanternfly threat

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Pennsylvania will have 150 researchers trying to eradicate the spotted lanternfly in 2019

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Philadelphia named No. 2 on list of worst cities for bed bugs

Bed bugs

Spotted lanternfly could be on your Christmas tree this holiday season

Spotted lanternfly

Spotted lanternfly update: What one arborist says you need to worry about now

spotted lanternfly fungi

SEPTA responds to gross video of bed bugs on Northeast Philly bus

Septa Bus

Look out, Philly could be facing a spotted lanternfly invasion

spotted lanternfly fungi

The spotted lanternfly has made its way to Pa., and people are trying everything to kill them

spotted Lanternfly French Creek

How to get rid of gnats in your home

Flies

Should I kill spiders in my home? An entomologist explains why not to

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Report: Philly among 'rattiest' cities in U.S.

Philadelphia ranks as one of the worst cities for mosquitoes, report finds

Philadelphia ranked one of the most termite-infested cities in the nation

Study: Philadelphia ranked fifth-most pest-infested city in nation

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Carrots sold at Trader Joe's, Wegmans recalled due to potential E. coli contamination

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